How tall is Idris Elba?

Idris Elba is commonly listed at 6 ft 2.5 in (189 cm).

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Idris Elba’s 6 ft 2.5 in (189 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Idris Elba beside others

Idris Elba is one of the taller actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 1 ft 6.5 in (47 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 6.5 in (107.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

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6 ft 2.5 in (189 cm)

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Idris Elba, 6 ft 2.5 in (189 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)